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      T"Fa«T.Tit Of Loxuox -Nibixo The Week.—T...

      _T"fa _« T _. TiT of _Loxuox _-niBixo the Week . —Thc present return exhibits a serious increase in the mortalitv of London . The deaths , which in the previous week were 1 , 079 , have in the last mounted to 1 ,-369 , and "ive an excess above the average of 301 . " This unf avourable result is produced by cholera and diarrhoea- The deaths from cholera were 339—more _thssa double the mortality of the preceding week ; those from diarrhoea and dysentery , winch in tbo fonrier week were -54 , have rapidly increased to 160 , whieh is more than in any _coiTcsjioisding week of five previous years . The total in the week from the three diseasesis therefore

      430 , and makes an excess of 3 i 7 on thc average of iormcr years . The mortality from all other zymotic or epidemic diseases is 131 , the average being 210 ; that from all sporadic diseases is GSG , thc average Lein < r 070 . The progress of cholera in London is traced in the returns of the last six weeks , in which thc numbers-were successively 22 , 42 , 49 , 134 , 152 , and 330 ; the progress of diarrhoea and dysentery in the same periods is shown as follows : —25 , 33 , 19 , 33 , 54 , and 160 . Daring these six weeks cholera was fatal to 425 males , and 303 females , of whom 3 S 7 died on the south side of thc river , only 101 in the west' and northern districts . Considerably more than one-half of deaths from diarrhoea last

      -week occurred under two years of age ; whereas of the 339 deaths from cholera , 192 occurred between the ages of 15 and 60 . Last week 49 persons died of cholera in the district of Lambeth , 37 in Rotherhithe , and 23 in Bermondsey ; but the epidemic now increases generally over the metropolitan districts . Iloopingcougbj pneumonia , and phthisis are at present fatal to more than the usual number ; the second , as well the first , almost entirely to young persons . Typhus , measles , scarlatina , and smallpox are about the average , or fall considerably undent . Two men died of intemperance . The

      barometer has been hi g h during the week . It reached 30 . 252 in . on Wednesday , and the daily mean was above 30 in . throughout the week , with the exception of Sunday . The mean of the week was 30 . 129 in . the temperature ofthe air was highest on Sunday , when it reached 81 deg . 1 min . in the shade , and 109 deg . in the sun at Greenwich . The mean of the . week was 66 deg . 8 min ., considerably higher than in previous weeks . It was . throughout higher than the _average ofthe same week in seven years , and the mean on Sunday exceeded the average by 9 deg . 5 min .

      IxqUESTS . Melancholy Accidest . —On Saturday Mr . Payne held an inquest at St . Thomas ' s Hospital , on the body of— Small-field , Esq ., who came by his death in the following manner : —It appeared that de-Ceased was in St . Sffitlun's-lane on Thursday , the 12 th inst , between four and five o ' clock , for the purpose of taking a parcel to a friend , and while on his journey up the lane he -was met by a gentleman who remained in conversation some moments with him . During the time they were conversing , one of . Messrs . Travers ' s , tea dealers , carts cauieup , the driver leading it at the horse's head . - He had not , howerer , proceeded far when he heard a shriek , and

      some one " colling ' -stop ; he immediately halted , and on turning round observed the deceased under - thecal- * , the wheel opon the right breast . He was at once released from his perilous " position , and having been placed in a cab was taken to the above hospital , where he expired in about a quarter of an hour after his admission . The driver , who had been in custody since the accident , states , on his oath , he could not account for it . Two gentlemen , sons of the deceased , attended , and asked numerous questions about thc person who was with their _firther hefore the accident occurred , . but he had not been heard of . The jury after some consultation as to whether or not it would be advisable to

      postpone the case , to endeavour to find out this person , agreed npon returning an open verdict , vrhich was , "Death caused by injuries received . " _ExriuonDixinv Scicide of A _Suryetor rs a Public Bath . —On Saturday , an inquest was held hefore Mr . W . Baker , at the Black Horse publichouse , Kii-gsland-road , on the body of Mr Henry Johnstone , aged fifty-one years , a surveyor , who destroyed himself under the following circumstances- ;— "William Pamplin , of So . 28 , James-street , City-road , said he was a waiter at the Metropolitan Baths , Ashley-crescent , Shoreditch , which had been established forthe last fourteen years . The deceased was survevor to the baths , and was also the

      originator of the plans for building them . On [ Friday week he entered tie bath , looked at witness , ¦ without speaking , and then walked up the path towards the door leadin g into the private bath . The deceased possessed a key , with which he opened the door , and went in . The door was closed , and witness took no further notice , as he was in the habit of leaving the baths by the back door . Shortly after four o ' clock witness was informed by one of the bathers that a man was being drowned in the private bath . "Witness ran to the spot , _andsaw the deceased -floating in the water , apparently dead . He was got out as quick as possible , and laid down upon the stone pavement . He was partially -undressed , only having on his shirt , drawers , and _stockinn-s . The remainder of his clothes were in

      the bath box . There was a surveyor ' s measuring tape _listened tightly round his neck , and the other end ofthe tape was curiously twisted round his right foot and-ankle , so that , when he moved his foot , the tape would increase in tightness round his neck , and , when in the water , ihe tape would become wet , which would prevent it unloosing itself . Mr . G . Jsdell ,. a surgeon , was called in , who pronounced life to be extinct . —Mr . Geo . Frazicr , of Holloway-place , nolloway , a civil engineer , said he lad known the deceased for the __ last sixteen years . He frequently complained of pains in his head , and , during the last fortnight , witness had observed a change in him . ; he appeared at times very dull and moody . "Witness could not account for the act , for the deceased was a truly religious and pious man , and devoted io his family . —The jury , after some conversation , returned a verdict of " Temporary insanity . "

      SuiciDE of Major _V-eeii" _- " . —On Saturday , "before Mr . 1 L NL _Wnkloy , at No . 21 , If _orth-teM-aee , Thurloc-square , Brampton , on the body of Major J . L . Verity , aged 72 , late ofthe 92 d Highlanders , who destroyed" himself under distressing circumstances . It appeared fromthe evidence that the deceased had heen suffering lor some years from disease of the -urethra , and been attended by Mr . Cahill , and latterly by Mr . Ferguson , surgeon to the Queen . On " _Wed-uesday week , he was exceedingly ill , and complained of excruciating pain , which continued to increase ; but on the following day Mr . Ferguson peribrmed an operation , and he seemed much relieved , hut towards evening the pain returned , and he walked up and down the room in great agony . Mr . Cahill was sent for and attended , but while he was

      gone -for some medicine , deceased , bein « j -very anxious for his return , repeatedly asked if he had come back . At length , between four and five o ' clock on Friday morning , the deceased left the room to look out of the drawing-room window to see if Mr . Cahill was coming ; in a minute or two afterwards the family was alarmed by a discharge of fire-arms , and deceased was found in the back drawing-room , on the Boor , on his back , quite dead , with a duelling pistol in his ri g ht hand , having shattered his head to pieces , the pistol having been discharged in his mouth . Deceased had heen very eccentric in his -manners , and of a very excitable temperament . He had suffered from a sun stroke in ihe East Indies , and a second one two years ago while at work in his garden . Verdict , " Temporary Insanity . "

      Improvements ix ihe Chr . —Workmen have been engaged for some time past in removing the houses lying between Queen-street , St . Thomas thc Apostle , Cloak-lane , and Budge row . These operations are preparatory to the formation of a broad and continuous thoroughfare , extending from Earl-street , _Blackfriars , to London-bridge . The formation of this line of street will materially relieve Cheapside , ludgate-hill , and St . Paul ' s-churchyard from their present inconvenient amount of traffic . " Defeat or A . Xest of _Gambleks . —A short time since , a young scion of the aristocracy , scarcely of age , the nephew of an officer holding a high appointment in her Majesty ' s household , was entrapped into play at one of the "West-end clubs by a set of welldressed sharpers , who , by some means or other , had

      got access to the place . The result was that he was plundered of all he then possessed , and bills of exchange , to the amount of several hundreds , were extorted from him . These were considered " as good as the Bank , " "from the fear ofthe exposure of the young gentleman ' s relatives , particularly his * 5 incle above alluded to . Owing to a dispute amon «* the members ofthe gang , as to the division of the plunder , one of them disclosed to the loser the conspiracy by which he had been defrauded . The _younogenflemanwasoutheeveoftakingupsomeoftnehilfi -when this disclosure was made to him . He then had the good sense , like the profligate son , to acknowledge his sins and transgressions to his friends , who have forgiven him , and the transaction being proved ofthe basest description , they now setthe swindlers at defiance , the bills provingto them as waste paper . FB 1 GHIFCL OCCDBBEXCE AX _WHTTECHAPEL— On

      Sunday , about eleven o'clock , the house , So 17 _Gi-dston-streei , Whitechapei , fell in with a tremendous crash , smashing every portion of furniture to pieces . A person named Brown , - who lived on the second floor , on feeling the house shake , sent his wife and child down stairs , and whilst he was attempting fo remove some of his furniture the walls parted asunder , and to escape being buried alive he lumped out ofthe window , when the interior ofthe next house also fell . As soonas the dust ? n rtf ? Skm _# ° on * - _* ground floor , embedded Sad _atv _% _Weie t 0 he «* oM « - Brown and her _ffA _^ X _^ sas hthB ** possible , whenlt was _founlftatXrt ? _^ °° f Lured _^ t arrffl _^ _ffiSS 2 _* f 3 her cnHd were also hurt bv _tj e _faS of _^ ' n _aponthem . The shock _haibvte & hia }! _^ * was found ft * the whole $$ & t _^" g

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      that side of the street were in an equally dangerous condition . The occupants were , therefore , ordered to leave immediately , and were not even allowed to remove their furniture . : The accident , it " _^ supposed , was occasioned by the existenceoa . cesspool under some of tho houses , thc walls of which , in all probability , had given way and weakened the foj _* u-Sations of the houses . Sometime back another house , at the extreme end ofthe present clump , fell down , on which occasion several persons nearly lost their'lives . _, . „ . FmE at Messes . Cai * ell ' sDistillery . —On Saturday morning last an alarming fire broke out on the _nremiscsbeTon-rins : to Messrs . Capell and Co ., the

      distillers , of Poplar . The stock in trade being of so combustible a nature , the flames spread in a very few minutes to an immense extent . Several , engines were on the spot in a very short time , and the large float engine froni the Deptford Dockyard was also brought to bear upon the premises , but in spite ofthe exertions of thc firemen , the flames could not be extinguished until the contents of two immense oil and tar tanks had been destroyed , and thc valuable steam machinery considerably damaged . The fire was caused by some of the men warming a top to make the pitch run . Messrs . Capell , it is believed , were not insured . Fields

      Destructive Fire ix Lixcoln ' s-Inn- . —On _AVednesday morning , shortly _^ before . ten o ' clock , a fire ofa very destructive character broke out in the premises belonging to Mr . J . Stone , a carpenter and undertaker , situate in King ' s Head-yard , Lincoln ' s-Inn-fields . The flames were discovered by a person living in the next house , who , on entering the building for the purpose of _reudering assistance , became encircled with fire . In order to escape the party was obliged to jump from the first floor into the street . The stock-in-trade being of such an easily ignitible character , but few minutes elapsed ere the flames had extended to the premises of Mr . Pascoe , a general dealer , So . 18 , Little Wild-street , and also to the roofs and back fronts of three other houses in the same street . The conflagration assuming such

      an alarming aspect , the inhabitants ofthe surrounding districts commenced removing their furniture to a more distant part for protection . Several engines promptly attended , but the fire was not extinguished until half-past eleven o'clock , and not until Mr . Stone ' s premises were totally destroyed , the stabling of Mr . Burford , extensively damaged , and several houses in Little Wild-street severely burned . The total damage must be very considerable . Electiox of a Sheriff . —On Monday a Common Hall was held before the Lord Mayor and Aldermen for the election of a -sheriff in the room of S . Peto , Esq ., M . P ., who had refused to take upon himself the above office . The interest which was inthe first instance connected with this was swallowed up in the more important one for the representation of the City , and but few individuals were . present after

      the usual forms had been gone through , when Mr . Alderman Lawrence was declared to be elected , and the proceedings terminated . Death op James Pattison , Esq . ; M . P . —Mr . Pattison , one of the representatives ofthe City , died at "Mblesey Grove , near Hampton Court , on Saturday last . The deceased gentleman , who was born in 1786 , belonged to a family that has for generations held a very high commercial rank , and he himself was a Director of the Bank of England at his death , and had -filled-the honourable post of Governor . He represented the city of London in the Parliaments of 1835 and 1 S 37 , but was unsuccessful at the genera ] election in 1841 . He was , 'however , re-elected in 1843 to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Sir Matthew Wood , and again retained his position at the last general election in 18-17 .

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      Fire at _Cbedito-v . —A most alarming fire broke out on the morning of the 13 th inst ., about one o ' clock , at the bouse ofa man named Cross , in Park-street , Crediton . A great number of people were soon collected together , and the town engines were quickly on the spot ; but unfortunately it happened in a neighbourhood where water is not plentiful ; in consequence , the fire _ raged with terrific fury , and several houses were on fire before any real effort could be made to arrest its progress . The flames ascended to a most fearful height , and completely illumined the horizon . Several men , at

      great personal risk , attempted to cut off the communication , and partly succeeded , but this did not prevent the houses beyond taking fire . At length water was procured , but not a plentiful supply ; this was poured upon the thatched houses on the opposite side ; had these taken fire itis impossible to say the extent pf the mischief . About twelve dwellinghouses , besides outhouses , were destroyed , inhabited mostly by poor people , who must have suffered considerably by the destruction of their goods . Most of the houses burnt were insured in the Norwich Equitable . It is feared that this fire was the work of an incendiary .

      _ExiEXSIVE EMBEZZLEMENT BV TRAVELLERS . —On the 13 thinst . it was discovered that Richard Anderson Clarke , traveller to Messrs . Close , Bourow , and Co ., of Stockton-upon-Tees , wholesale grocers , had gone off with £ 900 , and Walter Telford , traveller to Messrs . Watson and Wood , drapers of the same town , with £ 750 , and that Edward John Law , traveller to Messrs . Pease and Co ., druggists of Darlington , had absconded with £ 370 . They have all been seen together in the metropolis , and are supposed to be trying to get out to America . £ 130 is offered for their apprehension . Murder of Two Children bv their Uncle at " _Kxottixg-lev . —A most- appalling murder has heen committed at Knottingley , inthe West Riding of Yorkshire . It appears that on Friday week , Benjamin lleald , a labourer , about 20 years of age , residing with hi 3 parents at Knottingley , took two of his brother ' s children into the garden to walk , and when he wanted them to come out they refused .

      He then took up a bottle , and beat out the brains of the little boy , five years old , and then killed the little girl , three years old , by beating her over the head with a stick . After he had done the deed , he went into the house , and told his mother that he believed he had Killed tlie two children , for he was afraid they would come to want , and should not like to see it . He then left home , and went into the town—his residence being in the outskirts—and inquired for a surgeon . He was soon taken into custody , but seemed little concerned , as at four o ' clock in the afternoon he was sound asleep in bed . The family are particularly steady and industrious people , and are an example to the town . Tho father of the children lost his wife about sis months ago , and had , with his two children , gone to reside with his parents . He even now ( adds onr correspondent ) says he can freely forgive his brother for murdering his children , as none of the family have been more kind and indulgent to the children than the prisoner _.

      Attempted SracipE Br a Convict . — About six o ' clock on ihe 12 th inst ., a man named John Reeks , under sentence of transportation in the Gloucester County Gaol , was discovered hanging by a sheet to the . ventilation of his cell . He was instantly cut down , but _though black ia the face and insensible , he was , by the proper application of restoratives , brought to a state of consciousness , and is now quite recovered . From the fact that Reeks committed thh act after the hell had been rung for assembling the prisoners , it may be suspected that he did not intend to destroy himself , but only to make a sham . Reeks is forty years of age , and was a notorious offender . Some years since he was sentenced to seven years' transportation , but returned under a free pardon about four months before his

      second sentence , which is for fifteen years . The Murder sear _Brocexesbt . —In April last a barbarous murder was committed on the body of a middle-aged female named Farrow ; she was on her way across some fields leading irom Habrough to Keelby , about mid-day , when she was killed by blows on the head with a sharp instrument , supposed to be a furze bill , and robbed of two sovereigns and some silver . The medical men were of opinion that the first blow killed the poor woman , as , although some labourers were working all tbe morning only a few fields off , they heard no cries of distress . A man named Charles Overton , of bad character , was suspected of the murder , and was taken into custody . It was proved that he had changed two sovereigns in different villages on the afternoon of

      the murder ; and it is singular that he underwent a mock trial on the day after at a village alehouse , and his drunken companions pretended to find him guilty of the murder . The coroner ' s jury had ne other evidence before them than his changing of the sovereigns , and they returned an open verdict ; bnt the supposed murderer was detained in custody , and subsequently committed by the magistrates on a charge of stealing a gun , and also on a charge of stealing ; the furze-bill with which the murder is believed to have been effected . On Friday , at Kirton Lindsay sessions , Overton was found guilty on these two charges , and was sentenced to fourteen years' transportation . On receiving the sentence , he addressed the bench , saying , " Thank you ; I never thought I had so long to live . " Three Mex were Drowned near the east end of the Breakwater in Plymouth Sound on Saturday last . The Gipsy , one of . the vessels under a

      contract with tbe " government for taking out the stone , under ihe direction of William Ellery , the master , whilst making her way out , when near the east end of the Breakwater , was struck with a sodden gust of wind , and before" the men on board succeeded to ease off the sheets , she heeled to and went down , and all on board were drowned . Attempt io Murder . — Storiey Stratford was during last week tbe scene of much eieitement . On the night of the" 9 th-inst ., the premises of Mr . Nixon , a printer in tbe town , was discovered to be inflames . The assistance of the neighbours was immediately obtained , and : by great exertions ' the fire was got out , but not nntil upwards of £ 100 damage was done . Before the fire wasi extinguished ; two other fires were found to be raging in the immediate vicinity ofthe town , and for wantdf thenecesr sary assistance in time the premises were destroyed .

      Fire At Cbedito-V.—A Most Alarming Fire ...

      ously naturally caused much alarm and _^ anxiety , but no other conclusion could be come to than that they were act of a vile incendiary or of a maniac . On the following day , as _¦^ _X _^ ' l _™ _j _!* t a _p at his shop at mtd-day , _he _^ asfired _^ at deliberately by a miscreant armed with a , fowluig-piece the contents ' of which consisted of largosi _? edshot , which entered Mr . "Nixon ' s neck . _grange to say , that whilst the wounded man was being attended to , the attempted murderer entered lhe shop and ¦ strove to set fire to the contents , but was _^ seized mthe act , and after considerable resistance was secured . On Wednesday week he was removed byMr .

      Henderson , superintendent of the local police , for examination ' before the bench of magistrates at Newport Paenell , where he gave the name of James Arnold . A certificate that Mi-. Nixon was in too dangerous a state to attend to give : evidence being produced , the prisoner was remanded until the following Friday when hc was taken before the magistrates of this town , and again remanded on accountofthe dangerous illness of Mr . Nixon . It has been ascertained that the prisoner is related to that individual by _marriage , and for some time past has exhibited much animosity against him without any known

      motive . „ n __ ., .., - ' ¦ - Attempted _Assassination . —On Friday , mformation was received by the police , that as Mr . C . Greenham , of Lydney , Gloucestershire , was passing a lonely part of the Forest of Dean , on the old Tonan-road , near Blackpool-brid ge , several men with fire-arms , bludgeons , and their faces masked , rushed at him from behind a hedge , where they had been concealed . One threw a bludgeon at him , which passed near his head , two of the guns being discharged at the same moment , and Mr . Greenham felt the balls whiz past him . He immediatel y put spurs to his horse and succeeded in reaching Conderford , the villains pursuing aa far as Blackley-hill . £ 50 is offered for their discovery .

      Destruction op a Railway Bkibge bv Fire . — Much excitement was caused in Boston on Sunday morning last , in consequence of intelligence being conveyed by Mr . Critchlow , clerk in charge at Spat ding , that one ofthe railway bridges oh the Great Northern Railway was on fire . In a short space of time , an immense concourse of people hadassembled ; and not withstanding every exertion was made to arrest the progress of the flames , the construction ofthe bridge was of so inflammable a nature , that in an incredibly brief period it was entirely demolished . It is -renerallv known as Peakirk bridge .

      is situated about two miles from that place , and a similar distance from Littleworth . The loss sustained by the catastrophe is estimated at between £ 2 j 000 and £ 3 , 000 . The train which was due on Sunday at fifty-seven min . past one , did not arrive until nearly three o ' clock , the delay being occasioned by the above occurrence . A temporary bridge for passengers and light goods was quickly erected , and a train placed in readiness on the other side of the river to convey them to their respective destinations . The cause of the accident is not yet ascertained .

      Mine Explosion . —A most calamitous accident occurred on "Wednesday week , at the Minerva Colliery of Mr . Burton , near Wrexham , by which ei g ht persons were killed , and two others dreadfully injured , one of whom is since dead . It appears to have been the practice of some of the colliers to use an unprotected light in the pit , although there are plenty of safety lamps at hand , and such a light having been carried on this occasion , the fire-damp in one part of the pit exploded , and seven men and ahoy were killed on the spot . Two others were frightfully mutilated , of the death of one of whom we have since heard . A horse was killed by the explosion , and a large quantity of machinery considerably damaged . —Chester Courant . Destructive Conflagration near Epsom . —Late on Tuesday evening a fire , which continued to burn

      throughout the wEole of the night , broke out . in West-street , Ewell _, about one mile from the town of Epsom . The flames when first discovered were rising from a large barn , filled with wheat , the property of Mr . Stone , corn and coal merchant . The fire was not extinguished . until property of some hundred pounds in value was rendered worthless , Mr . Stone having lost the whole of the corn in the barn , together With the building , the stables , coach and cart houses , provender stores , and three' ricks of hay ; and nearly the whole of tbe roof running over Mr . Pegden's malt-houses and drying-rooms is either burnt off , or cut away to prevent the fire from spreading . How the fire originated is enveloped in mystery , its progress being so rapid that it is extremely difficult to tell the precise spot where it began . Both parties were understood to be insured .

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      Ddbmn , Friday . —Parting Address or the State _Phisonebs . —Previous to the departure of the leaders ofthe late insurrection they placed in the hands ofa mutual friend the following address to their fellow countrymen - . — ' _Peixow-Countrvmen , —If your efforts to procure a mitigation of the penalties to which we are about to be subjected had been as successful as you desired we couldnot have oifered to you more sincore and grateful aclmowledgcments than thoso which we now tender for the sympathy and solicitude which you have displayed in our behalf . " At this moment , whilst wo are bidding our last sad farewell to our native land , the reflection that our fellow-countrymen have not witnessed with indifference our removal from amongst them is a sweet source of consolation ; and be assured , that this remembrance will hereafter be a soothing alleviation to whatever sufferings it may be our lotto

      endure . - Knowing that we address many who do not concur with us in political opinions , we do not feel ourselves at liberty to offer any observations upon the policy by which this country is governed—upon the policy which gavo occasion to our resistance to British power—upon the policy wliich now consigns us to exile . We are compelled to repress even the emotions whieh we feel in reflecting upon the awful condition in which wo leave the land that we have deeply loved ; nor is thisa fitting occasion to point out the means by which its disasters may be repaired ; but we cannot refrain from the expression of a hope that you wUl not despair of your country ; and we maj be permitted to offer to our

      fellowcountrymen a parting exhortation , that they will lay aside those unhappy dissensions which have so long paralysed the intrinsic strength of the Irish nation , and henceforth learn to ' love and confide in each other . ' " We feel that it is not necessary to say anything to you in vindication of our motives . Even those who most condemn our conduct know that we have not been animated by considerations of a personal nature in hazarding all that was dear to us for the sake of our native land ; but we owe it to our feelings to declare that , whatever may be the sacrifices we incur by devotion to its interests , our latest aspiration will be a prayer for the prosperity , the honour and independence of Ireland .

      " Williams . O'Brien , " Thomas Francis _Mbaoheii , . " Terence Bellew M'Manus , " _Paibick O'Donohoe . " " Richmond Prison . " Saturday . —Ejectments . —It appears that no less than 236 ejectment decrees were obtained against tenants at the present Quarter Sessions of Nenagh . Among the ejectors were the names of Lord Bloomfield , the Rev . Massy Dawson , Lord Dunally , W . B . Armstrong ,. R . M . Carden , the Earl of Charleville , "Viscount Chabot , R . Gason , B . Hawkshaw , T . H . Harden , A . P . Maxwell , the Earl of Orkney , J . Dwyer , _S . O'Brien , T . P . Lloyd , G . Roe , the Hon . O . P . G . Toler , J . Maher , W . H . B . Waller ,

      and J . J . Willington , _dsc . Monday . —The Harvest . —It is really cheering to read the accounts daily received from all parts of the country respecting the progress of the crops , under the influence of the finest and most brilliant weather in the remembrance of "the oldest inhabitant . " Nothing can exceed the luxuriance of the corn and the green crops ; and new potatoes of fine quality are already becoming so plentiful , with the flavour they possessed before the bli g ht , tbat they can be purchased in Cork at ls . per weight of 21 lbs ., and it is likely , before many days , that they will be so much cheaper as to . come within the reach of the

      working classes . There is , no doubt , still a great amount of destitution , especially in the ; western districts ; but much less is said about it , for hope has come to the aid ofthe suffering people , and all other classes are influenced by the prospects of plenty . Death op Richard Pennefather , Esq , —Mi * . R . Pennefather died from an attack of cholera at four o'clock on Saturday morning , at Newtown-Anner , near Clonmel ( the residence of Mr . Bernal Osborne , _M-P-for Middlesex ) , where he had been on a visit to Lady and Mrs . Osborne . Judge Pebrin retires from the bench on his full salary after the conclusion of the present circuit . The Attorney-General will succeed his lordshi p In the Queen's Bench . _—Lvnerieii-Chronicle .

      The Orange Demonstrations . Fatal Affray at CASTLEWEtLAN . —The Orange demonstrations in the north of Ireland , this year , have been accompariied with an unusual quantity of extravagant rhapsodical declamations , in which the various speakers-appeared to claim loyalty exclusively for the Orange body . Dr . Drew referred with unction to the _charaeterof King William , as painted by Mr . MacauJay" in Ms " * ' History of England . " What is of more _iihpoi-tance than the declamation at their anniversary meetings

      is tue tact , according to the Belfast Chronicle , that many ofthe local gentry have recently become identified with the Orange body . . We extract the foUowing from the _NortliemTvhig : — "In almost every district from . which we have received accounts , . Thursday last passed over more satisfactorily than we had expected . There appeared tobe an anxiety on the . part ofthe Orangemen to avoid giving needless offence ; and , on the other side , the Catholic party , generall y looked upon the pi'ocession with _gondrhvmour , "We pub

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      _lish a variety of details ; and from several other _nhces which wo have not _specified , wehave learned ff processions took place without producing any _^ K- -Unhappily , we are obliged to make oneVe _^ s _^ 31 The calamitous riotings _^ _tCrossgar , on S jf March , and the spirit which _washnown ! b have been awakened . in consequence , excited to nave -mm _resnectinir the occurrences of _B _^ j _^ yssssvssi ui - = --

      Park , had been appointed as the rendezvous _» surrounding Orangemen ; and one body was to pass a noted place called " Dolly ' s Brae , " some distance from Castlewellan . . Here an encounter took place , the particulars of which we have learned from the Rev . H . Boyd , of Dromare , who drove to the scene of action , having been . att racted by the firing which he heard . What he ascertained , and stated to us is in substance as follows : When the Orangemen marched through the above named place in the morning they were taunted by a number of Ribbonmen there assembled ; but they pissed on , no collision taking- place . A force of military and constabulary was present . On their return they found a body ofthe Ribbon party drawn with muskets

      up , in a crescent form , armed , pikes , & e It is stated that the orders pf the Orange leaders to their men , who were also pretty well armed , were , that they should not be the aggressors but should proceed quietly unless attacked . Two shots were fired upon them , whereupon they instantl y returned the fire , pushed on against their assailants , and drove them before them , capturing a flag and a drum as trophies . This , however , they did not do with impunity , as four of-their party were wounded , one of them so badly that he has since died . They then turned to wreak their vengeance on some Catholic houses . Out of one of these—apublic-house belonging to a man named Ward—it is said that a shot was fired which struck one of the four sufferers . That house and the house of a priestnamed Kelly , were wrecked .

      , Other houses , eight or nine in number , were set on fire , whether in the conflict or deliberately—most probably the latter—is not evident ; but , when Mr . Boyd came within view of the scene , the picture of so many houses in flames , amid the green fields , was most melancholy . What loss had been sustained by the Ribbon party was not known ; but as they had been driven over the hills , under the fire of the Orangemen , it was probably considerable . The people in the neighbourhood of both parties were in a state of the greatest excitement and terror . What the military and constabulary were about during this combat , we have not yet learned ; and more precise details will , no doubt , throw much light upon the whole occurrence ; but the general facts , stated as they have been * to ' us , may be taken as correct .

      It is scarcely necessary to remark with what lamentable force this dreadful event proves the propriety and wisdom of the calls which were made , unfortunately in vain , upon the government to renew the Anti-Processions Act . -The loss of life was confidently and but too truly foretold ; and yet the government declined to interfere , as the case evidently required . If their neglect of duty was from their own misguided judgment alone , we do not envy them this bloody record of their mistake : but if they were obstructed by any difficulties thrown in their way they would do well to state so , and therefore try to wash off . the stain which most assuredly at present rests upon them . ¦ Yesterday , according to old custom , sham fights took place in the neighbourhoods of Portadown and Tandragee , but , according to the report ofa gentleman who passed those places in the . afternoon , there was no appearance of interruption or

      disturbance . At the moment of putting to press , we ( Newry Telegraph ) have received the following intelligence — " The Orangemen , on their return from Tollymore-park , through . the pass of- Dolly ' s Brae , were fired on by a dense mob of Ribbonmen , who had lined the pass on either side . The great body of the lodges had passed through the , defile , when the Ribbonmen opened then * fire on the men around the last flag , and on the constabulary and military who were bringing up the rear . Balls were whizzing on all sides . Some of the Orangemen were struck downj but the body at once opened a warm fire in return , and , with the police , broke into skirmishing order up the mountain , and dislodged their cowardly

      assailants from behind the stone walls and ditches , where they had taken up position . Mr . Hill , of Rathfriland , constabulary officer ; Mr . Edward Corry , S . I ., * Captain Fitzmaurice , R . M ., Francis C . Beers , Esq ., J . P ., and Captain Skinner , J . P ., bravely led the police force , and in the thick of a very heavy fire dispersed the Ribbon party and took thirty-eight prisoners , most of them armed with pikes , muskets , scythes mounted on poles , and other deadly weapons , who were all conveyed into Rathfriland that night , and were on Friday committed at an investigation which . was held by Capt . Fitzmaurice , R . M ., Mr . Tabiteau , R . M ., Captain Skinner , J . P ., Thomas Scott , Esq ., J . P ., Francis Beers , Esq ., J . P ., Captain Tighe , J . P . As far as

      we can learn , four of the Orange party are severely wounded , though none killed , and about thirty of the Ribbon party , several of whom were seen lying dead on the roads , in the vicinity and through the mountain , but were conveyed away during the night . Fivo men and one woman , severely wounded , were brought into the infirmary at Castlewellan last night . One of the men has since died , and we understand four persons are lying dead at Magheramayo , awaiting a coroner ' s inquest . It should be mentioned that , from some houses in the nei ghbourhood of the Pass , shots were firedat the Orangemen , The latter roused beyond enduranoe , turned upon their assailants , and set fire to six or seven of the houses . The bravery with which Mr . E . Corry ,

      _SUb-lnspeotOl _*' * of the constabulary , brother to I . Corry , Esq ., D . L ., rushed into a burning house , and , at the hazard of his own life , saved two poor women from the flames , is the theme of every tongue . He was so nearly suffering for his heroic conduct , that the blazing roof fell in on him as lie was carrying out the second female , and so exhausted was he that he fell insensible on the ground . He is quite recovered . A quantity of ammunition was found on the persons of the Ribbon party who were captured ; and it is worthy of remark that a barrel of gunpowder , which a carrier was conveying to a merchant in . Castlewellan , was robbed from his cart on Tuesday night , and distributed among the Ribbon party . The number of the attacking Ribbon party -was estimated at one thousand . "

      The latest accounts state tbat the magistrates had been sitting' all day , and had remanded the prisoners . It was believed that there could not have been less than twelve shot , and over fifty wounded ,, MoNDAV . —At half-past ten o ' clock this morning the district coroner . Dr . Tyrrell , proceeded to take evidence as to how Patrick King , John Sweeny , Anne Traynor , and another person came by their deaths at Magheramayo , on Thursday last . The depositions were taken in the case of Patrick King , but the coroner intimated that the evidence would embrace a general investigation into tbe character and circumstances of the whole case . After the close of the evidencethe coroner proceeded

      , to charge the jury . After having recapitulated the evidence as to the facts , he continued thus—It had been ., told to the jury that Orange processions were , illegal on that day , and that all who joined in them were to be considered as participators in the outrage ** that were committed . He ( the coroner ) differed with Mr . Murland on that point , and he believed that he would be borne out in his opinion by many of the magistrates who sat . upon the bench . It appeared to him that td constitute an illegal assembly a number of persons should be assembled together with the understanding that they contemplated grievous bodily harm , or the putting in fear her Majesty ' s subjects . It would be for the inii . r ' n _Dnv m 1 . n _^ - _inii 4 _.- ia « .. _u . _M _. _u . J A . \ . — ' ' _kvohj _huvhim ¦ _unaiuereu i

      _juij . uH-jr u _, _no procession an illegal assemblage or not . There was a time , not long since , when the government had passed an act of parliament to put down these processions , and many persons had suffered punishment for joining them . But the government had suffered that act to die a natural death , and for some years these processions had passed on without any interference from the constituted authorities against the Orangemen in celebrating the 12 th of July . The government did not issue any address . either to the public or to , the magistrates prohibiting their procession , or directing them to be put down . Another fact also presented itself , that the government so far countenanced these processions that they sent an armed force to protect not only the Orange processionists but to protect the peace of the country and prevent the contending parties from coming into collision . It was for the mrv to consider whnt .

      their feeling was respecting these processions . If they believed ; that they were illegal—and his own opmions was that they were not—but if they ( the jury ) , believed that they were so , those who took partm them should be made amenable for the loss of lives that took place . It was perfectly true that the Queen ' s troops were justified in firing when it was necessary for the preservation of their lives and those under their protection who were also fired on . Under all the circumstances he had only to say | that the jury might find that these persons had died from _ gun shot wounds or injuries from persons -unknown , or ifnot , that they had come to their deaths by justifiable homicide . —The jury then retired , ' and . after an absence of an hour returned the _following verdict : — " The deceased , Hugh King , died on the morning of Friday , the 13 th of July instant , in the town of _G-istlewellan , in the county of DoWn _. ' from a gun-shot wound inflicted on him by some - persons unknown , ot A party procession , in the townland of Magheramayo ,. . m said county , on Thursday , tha

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      12 th inst . The deceased , Patrick King , John Sweeney , and Anne Traynor , died on Thursday , the 1 . 2 th day of July , instant , in the townland of Magheramayo , iii thiscounty , by certain violent injuries , inflicted on the aforesaid day , by some persons unknown , of a party procession , passing by said townland , on said day . GsonoE _T-jtrrel-c , Coroneiv «' July 16 , 1849 / ' * . '¦ ' - Tuesday . —Tub Queen ' s Visit . —The Corporation . —After a stormy discussion carried on during three protracted meetings , the immaculate Corporation of Dublin agreed yesterday to the form of an address to be presented to her Majesty on her am- ; val in the Irish metropolis . The report of the committee recommended that £ 500 be advanced out of the borough fund for the purpose of making _proyi-King , , John

      sion for the reception ofthe Queen , £ 300 to be applied to the repairs of the Mansion-house , and £ 200 to be placed at tho disposal of the Lord Mayor in aid of such , general and public demonstration as maybeagreedupon and adopted by the citizens . At the conclusion of the proceedings , Mr . Loughnan handed in the following notice of motion : — " That whilst we have approached your Majesty with feelings of the greatest respect and affection , we deem it hut fair and just towards your Majesty to state that this country , in every branch of trade , is in a most dep lorable condition ; that the people of every class are suffering many privations ; and that more especially the humblest of your Majesty ' s subjects here are dy ing daily of want of food in the mid ' st oi tncra

      abundance that _surrounas , . we aecm it also but just towards your Majesty , to state that our country flourished under an independent parliamen t , and that it has been daily retrograding since the Act Of Union was carried * that we still feel the only hone left for it is in a parliament that will be local , and thereby acquainted with the wants of your Majesty ' s loyal Irish subjects . Andinthusstatingour opinions calmly to your Majesty we most solemnly protest that we do not seek for a separation between the two countries , but we still cling with anxious hope to you our beloved Queen and Sovereign . " Wednesday . —The Harvest . —The Potato . *—The

      county of Clare Agricultural Report estimates the potato crop throughout that county as not more than eight per . cent of the breadth of potato cultivated before the failure ; but it is stated that the present crop was put down early in _welhmanured and well-prepared land , and had been since carefully attended to . The wheat crop ! is also much smaller than heretofore in Clare ; but there are ' i mmense crops of barley and oats—and turnips , beans , and other green crops are sown to a considerable extent . The Banner of _ Ulster states that from Wednesday to Saturday last 301 loads of perfectly sound potatoes were brought into the Belfast market ,-which sold from 4 d . to 9 d . per stone . _ ' _^ .

      Relief , fob the Smali , Farmers . —The General Central Relief CommittGi ? , of which the Marquis of Kildare is chairman , have issued , through the Evening Post , the following renewed appeal to the public . — •¦ This committee have now completely exhausted their funds , having distributed * _i , 76 i , principally insmallsums of £ 10 , to the care of the Protestant and Roman Catholic clergymen , and . tbis moment there are lying on their table two hundred applications for relief from various , parts of the south and west , all representing , tbat the harvest prospects are most promising—that hundreds of persons in each locality have made the most strenuous efforts to labour , and till and sow their groundthat their crops are growing luxuriantly—but that the industrious , hard-working , and independent men , who have struggled , at the sacrifice of present food and every necessary for decent life , to sow their crops , can never live to see them reaped , unless their fellow-Christians now help them through the

      next month or six weeks , by sharing ( if necessary ) some of their food with them . A clergyman stated to the committee that 2 s . 6 d . would keep alive a family of five , by enabling them to mix a little meal with the cabbage or other vegetables that they gather and feed on . Imagine what a state of misery ? And can those , who are indulging themselves in every comfort—nay , luxury—answer to their God and Father , that they would not spare this trifling sum from their superfluities to save the lives offive fellow Christians . Should any desire to inform themselves of the accuracy of these statements , the office of No . 3 , College-green is open daily , and free access will be afforded to those who may . desire to search the sad histories contained in tho application papers . —D . C . Latouche , Thomas Hutton , Edward _AI'Donnell , Hon . Secretaries . " The Queen ' s Yisit . —The good people of Cork are engaged in all sorts of preparations for the loyal and hospitable reception of her Majesty .

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      PROGRESS OF THE CHOLERA . The cholera cases in the metropolis on which inquests have been held , are as follows * . — Miiibank Phison . —Removal of the Convicts . — On Monday Mr . Langham , the deputy coroner for Westminster , held six inquests m the -Millbank Prison , on the bodies of an equal number of convicts who died therein . Four of the deaths were occasioned from Asiatic cholera . The coroner , on making inquiries as to the state of the prison , was informed by Di ' . Baly , that the smell from the bonehouses on the other side oftho river , had been worse during the last three weeks than before . Moreover , there were a number of other factories , the chimneys of which were so exceeding low as to be prejudicial to the health of the inhabitants . The smell

      caused by emptying tho gas works of the surplus water was also highly prejudicial , not merely to the health of the prisoners , but also to the public generally . He was of opinion that the chimneys : of the factories ought to be carried up considerably higher than the house-tops , so that the noisome smoke might be blown away . He had reported the state of tbe prison to the Home-otBce , arid had recommended that one-half of the prisoners should be removed to a more healthy place ; but a great difficulty arose on that head , on account of the cholera raging at Woolwich , Pentonville , and other places . The government have , however , found a barrack in an isolated part ofthe country , to which place in a day or two 500 of the convicts will be removed .

      ; Chelsea . —At the Workhouse , before Mr . H . M . Wakley , on the body of Henry Eddigar , aged ten years . The father , a _labouring man , lived with the deceased andhis six other children , in Steer's-buildings , Queen-street . * It was stated by the witnesses that he behaved with , great brutality to them all , particularly to the deceased , whom he not onl y beat most unmercifully , but also kept without food . The neighbours sometimes , seeing the boy in a starving state , wandering about the streets and afraid to go home to his father , called him in and gave hini food , which he ate in a ravenous manner . On Saturday week the boy , who for several nights previously had been _sleeping in outhouses , was seized with cholera in its worst form . He died on Friday last , Mr . Oakley , the surgeon , attributed the attack of

      cholera solely to the privations the boy had undergone . The jury , expressing their indignation at the cruelty of the father , returned a verdict , " That the deceased died from Asiatic cholera , brought on by want and exposure . " On Tuesday , an inquest was held before . Mi' . S . F . Langham , deputy-coroner , at the Millbank prison , on the bodies of Thomas Morcon , aged 52 , and James Kinman , aged 21 , convicts , who died in the above prison from cholera . —Mr . M'lntyre , the clerk to the prison , said , the first-named deceased was received into the prison on the 1 st of February last , under a sentence of seven years' transportation , for stealing a fowl , and was in good health . Ho remained so until six o ' clock that morning , when he was taken with cramps , purging , and aU the usual

      symptoms of cholera . He rapidly sank , and expired shortly afterwards . Kinman was a soldier in the 36 th Regiment of Foot , and was admitted to the prison on the 2 nd of May last from the island of Corfu , under sentence of transportation for life , for striking his superior officer . He was in good health , and continued so till the 10 th inst ., wben he had an attack of dysentery , from the effects of which he was recovering ; when he was attacked with cholera on Sunday last , and died on the following evening . —Dr . Baly said , in . answer to questions by the coroner , that he could say nothing further as to the predisposing cause ofthe attack of cholera , but he begged to state , for the satisfaction of himself and the prison authorities , that he had made an experiment of _ai certain treatment for cholera cases which had been recommended in the Times . He wrapped the patients in wet : sheets , and blankets , but he regretted tosav thatit . w . _in fnIlA _« _-0 < _i

      , by no good result . —The Coroner inquired if anything had been done to remove the prisoners during the prevalence of theepidemic in the prison ?—Dr . Baly said , the governor of the prison had been sent down by the Home-office to inspect a spot which had been selected by the government authorities on the sea-coast of Sussex . It was considered well adapted for the reception of about 500 prisoners , until the cholera had subsided , _^ he governor sent in a favourable report of , the . place , and arrangements were being made to transport that number . of prisoners to that locality . ' Dr . Baly added , there were how eightcases of cholera in . the prison , one of which was exceedingly dangerous . Since the outbreak of the cholera every prisoner had been supplied with a half-pint _bfj Barclay and Perkins' beer daily . —The jury returned a verdict , in * each case , " Deathfrom Asiatic ch ' olera . "

      Atthe _^ east end of London the disease is most prevalent . Eighteen cases were reported by the police constables on Sunday , of which six proved lata ! up to that time . There were seven from Shadwell , three from Wapping , one . from- Poplar , one Irom Limehouse , five from Bromley , Tind one from Barking . On Monday the following additional cases were reported as occuring ori Sunday : _—thir-•^ en'frpm Poplar , three from Bromley , one from Itatchfi ,. two from Bow , two frorii Stepney two from Limehouse , and one from St . George-in-tho East , exhibiting a , stead y increase , In almost all the _place-r where the malady has exhibited itself the sewer age is * bad , and the air is tainted with noxious exhalations . . . Brom * . _' : SWo _* c : red th ? ua ' r " ' _'ibIe

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      title of the stink pens , from the variety of abominable exhalations in which it abounds . Thirty-one cases , of which sixteen proved fatal , were ' reported by the police of the Lambeth district on Sunday , whilst of , the additional cases reported to the K division , oh the same day , only four proved fatal up . to the time of the report . _, , "_ .- . Bermondsey . —On Monday evening- Mr . , Payne , the city coroner , resumed the inquiry into the death of Catherine Murphy , " a woman who died of cholera , induced , as it was alleged , bythe neglected and dirty state of Griffith ' s-rents * where she resided .. It will be remembered that at the last meeting of the jury the coroner expressed "his conviction _; that the _neirleet attributed to the board of guardians was title of the _rtmkW _& m _^

      sufficiently proved to render the caso ~ one of manslaughter , and , not wishing to take Mr . Smith , the chairman , and the rest , of the guardians by surprise , * he adjourned the inquiry with the view' of permitting them to offer any refutation in their power to the evidence given before the jury . The coroner having read over the depositions , and having heard the evidence adduced , said that it was proved that this person was attacked on the 17 th , after someearlier cases had occurred . On the 14 th a report was made to the guardians , and from that time to the 18 th it did not appear that anything was done to Jhese places . So delay took place on the part of the' board of guardians in sending to the paving commissioners , and the result was that the

      improvements were commenced on the 22 d—a period of six days , which might , under the circumstances , be very inconvenient . The drains were opened on the 22 d , left open on the 23 d , and the cleansing commenced on the 25 th . . They had these simple facts before them , and he would state that his opinion was still unchanged , that it was the duty of the board of guardians to see that the paving commission carried out the improvements suggested . If they did not do so , and death resulted from it , that death must be laid at their door . Thc simple question was , had they been guilty of a neglect for which they ought to be made responsible ; and he was never better satisfied than when a question of sucha nature was _entrosted to twelve of the fellow

      men and neighbours of the parties implicated . Ho trusted and was sure that no guilty conduct would be passed over , and that no condemnation would be pronounced which was not perfectly deserved . --The jury then retired into an inner room , and after an absence of a few minutes , returned a simple verdict of " Died of Cholera ; " _expressing at the same time their thanks forthe way in which Mr . Payne had acted in the matter . Southwark . —Mri Payne also held an inquest at the St . George ' s workhouse , Mint-street , Borough , on the body of Elizabeth Hazlewood , whose death was caused by cholera . This was an inquiry which was adjourned from the 12 th of July in order to give time for ft full inquiry into the duties of the Commissioners of Sewers and the Board of Health .

      The deceased child resided with its parents in Staple-street , Kent-street , Borough , and underneath the walls ofthe house in which she lived ran a very foul- ditch , open to all the privies near it . Upon inquiry by the Coroner as to the steps wliich had been taken in reference to this nuisance , it was stated by Mr . Collison , Chairman of the Board of Guardians , that within the last six months three communications had been addressed ¦ to the Commissioners of Sewers , eomplaining . of this ditch . These letters were acknowledged , arid the answer stated that the thing would be attended to in time . Some conversation ensued , from which it appeared

      that there were some miles of open ditches in this vicinity , some of them dreadfully offensive . There were seventy miles of open ditch in the Surrey and Kent district . The jury , after some further discussion-preferred adjourning for a month , to see if any steps were taken in the matter ,, to going the length of criminating the commissioners . The inquiry , was accordingly adjourned to the 16 th of August . tiie Woolwich . Convict Ships . —On . Tuesday morning Mr . Carttar , the coroner for Kent , resumed and concluded an inquiry which was commenced lasfc week , at the Royal Mortar Tavern , Woolwich , on the body of John Perkins , a convict , who was attacked with cholera on board of one of the convict

      ships off Woolwich . After hearing the evidence some details were entered into between the Coroner and Captain O'Brien , during which the . latter maintained that the situation of the Warrior was not healthy , without , as he stated , attempting to account for the strange , fact that she was healthy , whilst thc other ships were diseased and unhealthy . —The Coroner said , that it was a very serious matter . In these cases it was impossible to define a direct agency in the creation of disease producing death , as clearly as the cause of ' death could be traced in a case of violence ; but still there was sometimes a criminal responsibility if any neglect appeared . —Captain O'Brien would leave the _consideration ofthat question with the Coroner and tha jury . . It was impossible that any persons could be more deeply interested in the health of the convicts that the authorities at the Home-office and the

      Admiralty . He would say also that any removal ofthe ships lower down the river would cause the guards , die ., to be more confined to them , and much higher up the stream cholera prevailed . —The room was then cleared , and after a deliberation of a few minutes the doors were re-opened , and the Coroner read the following verdict : — " Died from Asiatic cholera . The jury recommend that the convict ships Hebe and Wye , and the convict hospital Unite , be removed without delay from their present positions to their former situation higher up _^ the river , off the dockyard , and as near as they can conveniently be placed to the most desirablespot . " —Captain O'Brien assured the Coroner and jury of the great interest taken by Sir G . Grey and the First Lord of the Treasury in the welfare of tho convicts in these hulks . That which had been done had been done with good reason , and only with a view to the benefit of the men .

      Portsmouth . —The cholera is materially on the increase here . The registrar ' s returns make 117 deaths up to the hour I write ( Monday ) . These do not include the Gosport district , where several have died lately—two died there last night and one this morning . In tho Royal Naval Hospital at Haslar ( Gosport ) the following cases of cholera have been admitted up to this day at ten a . m .: Marines from head-quarters , 11 ; labourer , 1 ; men from her Majesty ' s ships , 5 ; total number of cases , 17 . Deaths , 6 , in periods varying from a few hours to four days after admission . So cases have commenced within the walls _., of the hospital , and every precaution is being used to prevent the disease spreading , as well as for the cure of the patients brought in . Plymouth . —Up to twelve o ' clock on Sunday , the loth , the total number of cases in Stonehouse-lane amounts to about 100 , of whom thirty have died . On Saturday night , at ten o ' clock Miss Sellon ,. with

      two of the Sisters of Mercy , from , tho Orphans' " Home , at Stoke , made a preliminary visit to Stoaehouse-Iano , and at twelve at night these devoted ladies returned with a staff ' of nurses , bringing nourishing diet and clothing fov the sick , whom they have since activel y attended , and whose helpless families they have kindly taken charge Of . In consequence of the intrusiveness of the idle and dissolute around the tents at No-place , the Commander-in-Chief of the Western District , General Murray has granted a guard of soldiers to protect the field from intrusion . With a view of suppressing the malaria by destroying the offal and stagnant waters , Captain Superintendent Toup " Nicolas liasapplied to and obtained permission from the Lords of the Admiralty to spread as much quick lime on the ground in and around Stonehouse-lane as may bo deemed necessary . The gallant Captain wilt proceed with this measure after he has obtained the concurrence of the Plymouth Board of Health .

      July 17 . —From the great exertions which have been made in Stonehouse-lane the sickness there has been _income measure overcome . The self-devotion of Miss Sellon and the Sisters of Mercy has operated in a highly beneficial manner . On witnessing the fearlessness of those gifted ladies when personally ministering to tho wants ofthe sick and dying , the nurses and other attendants haVe been inspired with confidence , and have thus been enabled to do their duty effectuall y . Captain Superintendant Toup _Mcholas has furnished , from the Royal Navy Hospital , a large quantity of chloride of lime for tho purification ; of the * Stonehouse-lane district ' Themedical report of Mr . Francis Fox gives , from Stonehouse-lane , from the 10 th to the 10 th of Julv inclusive , 185 cases—thirty-one deaths . The reports fromthe other thirteen medical districts into which the town is divide ' - ! , gave , on the _lGth * inst ., cholera 14 , choleraic diarrhoea 29 , diarrhoea 10—total 53 - ported thus—deaths 2 , sinking' 2 , doubtful 1 , re _^ covered 3 , recovering 3 , under treatment 42 .

      Noss , Devon . ¦ " - The Admiralty have sent an * empty vessel of war , the Ringdove , to the entrance ofthe Yealm River , to receive on board part of the inhabitants : of Noss , suffering under , diarrhoea , < fcc . By this salutary removal of . the population to shipboard , they _iwill breatho thc fine and invi gorating _, air from the sea , whilst their houses are being cleaned with chloride , of which Sir W . Burnett , the Director-General of the Medical Department of the Navy , 'has sent gratuitously . a very large supply to be used . profusely , under the management ' oi Doctor Bowden , one of the assistants of the Royal Na , 7 al Hospital .

      Salisbury . —On Saturday night a poulterer ' s assistant was . taken ill , and . was a corpse bysunrise . Deceased lived in a narrow and dirty thoroughfare . A butcher of Castle-street , who belonged to th © Cow-pens , Dung-pound , where tbo first adult death occurred , was takcr i ill of . cholera about the same time , and died shortly before ridori oh . Sunday . A young man named Williams , of Rollestohei street , has also died in a similar . manner . The number of deaths up to Monday was seven . The number of new cases exceed that of any other day . A fatal case has . also occurred at the . village of _Aldei-bury , threemilesdistant . * . ' Bbistol . —The cholera , is spreading here with alarming rapidity , and that not merely , in the pestilential locality called the " Rackbay _, " brought

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    • Northern Star (1837-1852), July 21, 1849, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_21071849/page/6/